Brewers/Cubs Divisional Series - Game 5: 7:08

[MickeyDavis]

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[th87]

My niece is turning five and we’re having a party for her. Can’t wait, adorable little girl. There was a chance the game would be in the middle of the afternoon instead of late and past her bedtime. She’s gonna get spoiled so hard.

Aw same! My niece is turning 5 also, and I'm heading up to visit for her party on Saturday. Super excited. Have fun!

Um, maybe you guys are related?

Haha that would be crazy

[RiotPunch]

Aw same! My niece is turning 5 also, and I'm heading up to visit for her party on Saturday. Super excited. Have fun!

Um, maybe you guys are related?

Haha that would be crazy

I feel like I am younger than you both and my baby niece is a junior in high school. Appreciate the adorable years.

She's gonna crack the LPGA, though. Girl is a KILLER.

[Profound23]

Miz to start and go as long as possible is the only lever to pull. Gotta hope being at home is the difference maker.

I agree. Wild thing will either make it break us. Worth a shot at this point. If he does well it could spark the Brewers winning it all, and give him confidence in the NLCS. If not, then who cares.

[sidney lanier]

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Murphy is so right about this. Fans who see chronic falling short instead of incredible overachievement are applying the wrong standard. This isn't the Yankees or Mets. There are no free agent signings for us with numbers that exceed the GNP of third-world countries.

What he and they have done with available resources is remarkable. It deserves to be celebrated, not criticized.

[milweskee]

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Murphy is so right about this. Fans who see chronic falling short instead of incredible overachievement are applying the wrong standard. This isn't the Yankees or Mets. There are no free agent signings for us with numbers that exceed the GNP of third-world countries.

What he and they have done with available resources is remarkable. It deserves to be celebrated, not criticized.

This is dumb. If you can't compete at your peak why invest time and money into this organization?

[LUKE23]

What he and they have done with available resources is remarkable. It deserves to be celebrated, not criticized.

The goal in pro sports isn't to have a good season for your payroll, it's to have a good season verses the rest of the league. The economics of baseball are what they are. The Brewers have been extremely well run, but there is absolutely zero argument to be made that they cannot increase payroll and try to take the next step. Zero. So, the vast majority of fans are not going to celebrate just doing well for their small market. That isn't how pro sports works.

[coolhandluke121]

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Murphy is so right about this. Fans who see chronic falling short instead of incredible overachievement are applying the wrong standard. This isn't the Yankees or Mets. There are no free agent signings for us with numbers that exceed the GNP of third-world countries.

What he and they have done with available resources is remarkable. It deserves to be celebrated, not criticized.

This is dumb. If you can't compete at your peak why invest time and money into this organization?

The point is that the criticism and disappointment falls on the shoulders of the young players too much, not that it shouldn't fall on ownership if they don't spend more. The fans need to support the players on the field and stop acting like they're choking. It's entitlement to think the players and coaching staff should be doing even better than they have.

That said, yeah... I think management should have invested a little more in this particular squad because of the promise shown. But at the trade deadline, everyone was acting like Vaughn and Durbin were the next Pujols and Boggs and saying the Brewers didn't need anybody else, and when I suggested really making a splash and trading Pratt or Pena plus some pitching prospects for a guy like Abrams or Perdomo, everyone said that would be giving up too many young guys. But if you don't occasionally want to give up cheap, controllable pre-arbitration talent for someone with just a few more years of (highly-paid) arbitration left, what does it even mean to want management to invest more in this team? That's what "going for it" usually means for a small market team. They certainly shouldn't pay open market free agent salaries to players of that caliber.